Fibromyalgia Patients are not only Hypersensitive to Painful Stimuli but also to Sound Stimuli.

@article{Staud2021FibromyalgiaPA,
  title={Fibromyalgia Patients are not only Hypersensitive to Painful Stimuli but also to Sound Stimuli.},
  author={Roland Staud and Melyssa Godfrey and Michael Edward Robinson},
  journal={The journal of pain},
  year={2021}
}
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Altered Pain in the Brainstem and Spinal Cord of Fibromyalgia Patients During the Anticipation and Experience of Experimental Pain
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The results demonstrate significant differences in brainstem/spinal cord network connectivity between the FM and control groups which also correlated with individual differences in pain responses.
Long-lasting reflexive and nonreflexive pain responses in two mouse models of fibromyalgia-like condition
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This is the first study showing that RIM6 and ASI mouse models show reflexive and nonreflexive responses up to 5–6 weeks, accompanied by either astro- or microgliosis in the spinal cord as pivotal physiopathology processes related to such condition development.
Advances in the management of fibromyalgia: what is the state of the art?
  • R. Staud
  • Psychology, Medicine
    Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
  • 2022
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This manuscript examines currently prescribed therapeutic approaches supported by empirical evidence as well as promising novel treatments for Fibromyalgia, finding cannabinoids and naltrexone appear promising.
Fibromyalgia and Associated Disorders: From Pain to Chronic Suffering, From Subjective Hypersensitivity to Hypersensitivity Syndrome
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It is possible to define fibromyalgia as a cognitive disorder of cortical integration of chronic pain, with amplification of painful and sensory nociception, decrease in the threshold for the perception of pain, and persistence of a stimulus that maintains the process in chronicity.

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